Ice-cream freezer and churn.



PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. I. T. BABBITT. ICE CREAM FREEZER AND CHURN.

APPLIOATION FILED $232124, 1906.

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No. 872,636. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. I. T. BABBITT.

, ICE CREAM FREEZER AND GHURN.-

APPLICATION FILED S'EPT.24,1906.

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IRA TAYLOR BABB ITT, OF ABINGDON, ILLINOIS.

ICE-CREAM FREEZER AND GHURN..

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To all whom it may concern: I

' Be it known that I, IRA'TAYLOR BABBITT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Ice-Cream Freezer and Churn, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus which is adapted for use as an ice cream freezer or a butter churn, and is of that type in which the driving mechanism-is mounted upon a suitable frame at a point above the churn body or tub which rests on the base of the frame.

One of the objects of the invention is to improve the-construction and operation of bearing for the das er. Fig. 5 is a detail see-' this class of devices so; as to be strong and substantial and have a large and stable sup porting base and so as to operate with ease and with comparatively little power.

A further object of the invention is the provision of mechanism whereby the rotating elements, such as the churn dasher or can for freezing cream, can be driven by the driving mechanism on the supporting frame.-

Another object of the'inventionds to provide an improved form of churn paddle or dasher which is highly 'efiicient in operation and whose bearing is so constructed as to prevent the formation of black grease between the wearing parts, which is a common objection to other forms of churns.

- Vfith these objects in view, and others, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction an d arrangement of parts, which will be more full y described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto. 1n the accompanying drawings, which illustrate-one of the embodiments of thei'nvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus in condition for use as a churn. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing the apparatus in use as an ice cream freezer. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the churn dasher. Fi 4 is a detail view of the tional view of the lower'end of the freezer can and the bearing therefor.

Corresponding parts in the severalfigures are indicated throughout by similar characters.

Referringto the drawing, 1 designates the bottom of thesu porting frame, to two opposite sides of which are l-alted or otherwise Specification of Letters Patent.

I I Application filed September 24, 1906. Serial No- 335,9fl9

Patented Dec. 8, 1907.

suitably secured the inverted V-shaped up rights 2. The upper ends of the uprights 2 support the arched cross head 3 rigidly held in place by the bolts 4:. These several members, which form the supporting frame, are preferably made of iron so as' to be sufficiently rigid, and the bottom 1 is of such. a size as to afford a large and substantial supporting base for the apparatus. Arrangedat the central portion ofthe cross head 3 1S a horizontal bear' 5 and two spaced vertical bearings 6 located below the bearing 5. In the bearing 5 is mounted a shaft 7 on which is keyed a large miter gear wheel 8, and also keyed to the shaftare the cranks 9. These cranks are arranged at 180 apart and disposed, on opposite sides of the. cross head 3.

v The gear Wheel 8 meshes with a pinion 10 on the vertical spindle 11 j ournaled in the bearings 6. The miter gears 8 and 10 thus constitute a speed multiplying mechanism between the driving shaft 7 and spindle 11. On the lower end. of the spindle 11 is a longitudinally movable coupling 12, which is in the nature of a sleeve slidable on the spindle. and keyed'thereto by means of a pin l3jon the spindle engaging in the slot 14 of the coup ling. The lower endof. the coupling is suitably shaped so as to be readily fitted to the churn dasher or cream freezer driving mechanism. .For this purpose, the coupling is formed with a socket 15 having a square or other angular interior.

16 designates the churn body or tub which is preferably made of wood and in the form of a box of square horizontal cross section. The tub 16 loosely rests on the bottom- 1 of the supporting stand and is adapted'to be seated with its axis alinirig with the spindle 11 when in use as a churn, or to be seated slightly to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, when inuse as a cream freezer. The tub is fitted with a cover, which is used during churning,

that is composed of two sections 17 split in 190 line with the dasher shaft 18 and having semi-circular notches 19 forming a bearing for the said shaft, as shown, in Fig. 1. The sections 17 are each provided with buttons or. other hand holds 20 whereby they can be gripped. For affording vent, one or more openmgs-21 are provided in the cover. In the wall of the tub 16 are arranged drain openings 22 which are normallyplugqed by stoppers 23 during the churning opelation. These plugs are taken out when-it is desired to dram off the buttermilk, and whenit is at the same time, the upward desired to drain off the ice water when the device is used as a freezer. Suitable hand holds 24 are arranged at the sides of the tub whereby. the same can be lifted and moved.

A revoluble element is designed to be driven by the mechanism hereinbefore described andthe same in the present instance portion of the agitator in an approximately tangential direction, and each arm tapers toward the outer end. The arms in cross section are rectangular and the long dimension thereof is inclined to a plane passing through and parallel with the axis of the shaft 18. By this particular form, the agitator serves to throw the cream outwardly and upwardly movement .being more or less in a spiral direction, due to the inclination of the arms or blades 26. The shaft 18 is somewhat reduced at its lower end where it extends through the agitator to form a shoulder abutting the latter,

as shownat 27, Fig. 4. The reduced end 28 of the shaft extends some distance below the agitator, so as to support the same above the bottom 29 of the tub. This space between the agitator. and bottom of the tub isessen tialin order thatthere will be a free flow of the creamfrom all sides to the spaces between the arms 26 of enabling the proper circulation ofth'e cream. The portion of the shaft 18 that extends into the tub 16 is referably of square cross section, so that the corners or angles thereof assist in agitating the cream, and these corners are particularly eflec'tive in collecting or gathering the particles of butter during the final stage of the churning, it being understood that the butter particles as they out of the that the square upon to gather begin to form ascend to a point region of the agitator 25 so portion of the shaft is relied the particles.-

The coupling 12 does not serve to suspend the dasher on the spindle 11, since the dasher supportedv on a step bearingarranged on the bottom 29 of the tub. This step bearing comprises a plate 30 secured to the .bottom 29 and havin a cone 31 cast integral with the plate. T e lower end 28 of the dasher shaft is provided with a conical socket 32 i into which the cone 31 extends, the angularity of the. socket is moreobtuse than the cone, so that the apex of the latter forms the efiective bearing point for the dasher. By arranging the socket in the paddle shaft, in-

- stead of in the bearing plate as is the usual construction, and by havmg a relatively small area of bearing surface, it has been found that-the black grease, that usually accumulates between the bearing parts exdle and can 35.

the agitator, thereby I posed to the ,cream', does not form. The

dasher, which is preferably made of wood, is.

provided at the upper end-of the shaft: 18

In using the apparatus for freezing cream,

thetub 16 serves as a receptacle for holding the freezer can and the salt and ice for packing around the latter. a

. The freezer can 35, Figs. 2 and 5, and the dasher therefor, maybe of any approved construction, except that the lid of thecan'is provided with a suitable means forconnec tion with the driving spindle 11. The can 35 maybe coupled directly to the spindle 11 soas to rotate-at the same speed thereof, or, by

preference, a speed reducing gear is employed v in the driving connection between the spin- The upper end of the freezer can is journaled in a cross bar 36 secured rigidly in place by the usual fastening devices 37, and the can top 38 is provided with a large gear wheel 39, the same being mounted on a stud 40 on a revoluble element which in the pres-.

ent instance is in the form of a can top 38. This stud orboss 40 serves to space the gear .39 from the can top 38 for the purpose of permitting cracked ice to be packed on the top of the can with facilit thereby insuring effective freezing of the cream. Meshing with the gear 39 is a pinion 41. that is keyed to a short vertically disposed shaft 42 having a squared upper extremity 43 for fittin in the socket of the coupling 12. The s iaft is mounted in a boss 44 on the cross head 36 and the weight thereof is taken by a bracket 45 at its lower end and secured to the cross bar. Since the short shaft 42 is located laterally of the axis of the freezing can, it is necessary to support the tub 16 sufficiently at one side of the center of the bottom 1 of the supporting frame to bring the shaft 42 in alinement with the driving spindle 11. As shown in Fig. 5, the bottom of the can 35 is provided with a socketed bearing member 46 for fitting in a bearing cone 31 on the tub bottom. By the employment of gears in the drivingconnecti on between the spindle 1 l and the freezer can, any desired speed of rotation may be obtained, the size of' the gear 39 and pinion41beingdetermined according to the requirements. Instead of driving the churn. dasher directly vious that'a gearing similar to that described in connection with the freezer can may be employed for the purpose of producing higher or lower. speed than the spindle.

I have described the of the invention, together withthe apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodi-- by the spindle "11, it is ob principle of operation but I desire to have illustrative, and that various changes may be I made, when of the invention.

What is claimed is 2- of the class described the com- 11 a device bination bottom; of a tom, a revoluble shaft revoluble si ment, means constituting a bearing for with body m0 mounted desired, as are withinlthe scope supporting frame having a unted upon the botelement Within the body, a multaneously with said eleupon the body and shaft having an angular end port1on, a

it under- 1' spindle and Within the slot to limit the longitudinal movement of the coupling, said coupling having a socket disposed below the spindle and designed to engage the angular portion of the shaft, and means upon the supporting frame forrotating the spindle and coupling, the receptacle being adjustable upon. the bottom of the frame to center the shaft below the coupling.

Witnesses OSCAR LATIMER,

HAYNES. 

